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Work History
Education
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Training
Research
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Awards
Certification
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Bhargava Krishna Kodali

Technical Director
Houston,TX

Summary

Skilled Technical Director with a forward-thinking mindset, industrious approach and many years in industry. Specializing in working organization-wide to offer insightful technical expertise.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Director

A&B Labs, Inc.
08.2024 - Current
  • Developing and implementing laboratory policies and procedures
  • Overseeing daily laboratory operations and identifying and addressing operational issues
  • Managing the laboratory's budget and resources
  • Implementing and monitoring quality control procedures to maintain data accuracy and reliability
  • Reviewing and approving standard operating procedures (SOPs) for lab protocols and techniques
  • Analyzing data to identify trends and potential issues with experimental results
  • Mentoring and coaching lab personnel on technical aspects of research projects
  • Identifying cost-effective solutions for lab operations
  • Managing relationships with clients, including sample submission processes and result communication

Inorganic, Food and Microbiology Lab Manager

A&B Labs, Inc.
01.2022 - 08.2024
  • Training, supervising, and evaluating laboratory staff
  • Ensuring the laboratory is safe and productive, and that all staff adhere to safety protocols
  • Ensuring the laboratory complies with regulatory standards, company policies, and environmental regulations
  • Overseeing inventory management and procurement of supplies
  • Preparing and presenting reports on laboratory activities
  • Organizing meetings, including putting together agendas, keeping the conversation focused, and debriefing the team afterwards

Food & Microbiology Lab Supervisor

A&B Labs, Inc.
01.2020 - 12.2021
  • The supervisor directs the analytical work in the microbiology laboratory
  • Directly responsible for ensuring that all employees reporting to supervisor are well trained and complying with the A & B QA Plan
  • Assures that all employees reporting to supervisor have completed the training program, and monitoring training on an on-going basis
  • Actively supports the implementation of the A & B QA Plan
  • Maintains accurate SOPs and enforcing their use in the laboratory
  • Maintains a work environment that emphasizes the importance of data quality
  • Handles laboratory and client communications that require management input
  • Analyzes samples using various biological methodologies

Microbiologist

A&B Labs, Inc.
09.2017 - 12.2019
  • To conduct microbiological analysis to address food safety management issues such as HACCP, microbial environmental monitoring
  • Analyze the raw and processed meat to determine the bacterial load in suspected food poisoning illness or to determine the contamination
  • To perform Total plate counts and polymerase chain reaction, isolation and identification of suspected pathogens (coliforms, salmonella, staphylococcus Aureus, E
  • Coli, listeria and clostridium species)
  • To perform predictive microbiology model to determine the shelf life of various food products

Analytical Chemist

KAP Technologies Inc.
06.2016 - 09.2017
  • Analyze soil and water extracts for semi volatile compounds using GCMS
  • Familiar with EPA methods 8270 & 625
  • Make dilutions of sample extracts
  • Keep logbooks up to date
  • Keep the laboratory clean and safe
  • Trouble shoot GCMS instrumentation and perform routine maintenance
  • Reviewing SOPs to ensure that regulations were followed and implemented
  • Performing quality control, batch analysis and data review
  • Utilizing GC-MS Chemstation and SQL database to organize and access important lab data
  • Preparing raw data, EDD’s (electronic data deliverable) and final reports for submission to EPA

Volunteer Research Assistant

University of Houston-Clearlake
02.2016 - 06.2016
  • Directs and implements an organization's research and development policies, objectives, and initiatives
  • Ensures research and development activities will maintain an organization's competitive position and profitability
  • Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures
  • Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
  • Leads and directs the work of others
  • A wide degree of creativity and latitude
  • Typically reports to top management

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Molecular Biology Methods Labs & Bioinformatics

12.2014 - 12.2015
  • Setting up laboratory for 3 graduate courses: Methods in Biotech, Advanced Methods in biotech I, Bacterial Taxonomy
  • Responsible for assisting the students during the class
  • Performing lab duties such as maintaining laboratory equipment and inventory levels for laboratory supplies
  • Classes: - Methods of Biotechnology, Advances of Molecular Biotechnology Labs, Bacterial Taxonomy lab and Bioinformatics

Quality control Engineer

Cipla pharmaceuticals Ltd.
01.2013 - 12.2013
  • Analysis of in-process samples and finished samples allotted by seniors with online documentation and calculation sheet completion
  • To perform the calibration of instruments like HPLC, Dissolution tester, UV Spectrophotometer
  • Reporting of day-to-day activities immediately to superiors
  • Instruments Handled: HPLC System-Agilent series, Waters, Agilent Technologies, Dissolution Testers – Electro lab & LABINDIA, UV Spectrophotometer, FTIR Spectrophotometer, Tablet Hardness Tester, Tablet Friability Tester, Disintegration Time Apparatus

Education

Master of Science - Molecular Biotechnology

University of Houston Clear Lake
Houston, TX, U.S.A

Master of Science - Information Technology Management

Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

SRM University
Chennai, India

Skills

  • Mini-prep plasmid DNA isolation
  • PCR
  • Next generation sequencing
  • SDS-PAGE
  • RNA Isolation
  • ELISA
  • Freeze drying
  • Gene Transfection
  • Gel electrophoresis
  • Column Chromatography
  • Bacterial transformation
  • Yeast Transformation
  • Endotoxins
  • Aseptic technique
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Quality assurance
  • Analytical skills
  • Laboratory techniques
  • Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
  • HPLC
  • Fast protein Liquid chromatography
  • Gas chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Flow cytometer
  • ICP-MS
  • Bioinformatics tools
  • R programming
  • Data toolbox
  • MS-Applications
  • Data entry
  • C
  • C
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Quality systems
  • Corrective and preventive actions
  • Training
  • Budgeting
  • Solving and strategic thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Inventory of Labs
  • Team building
  • Decision-making
  • Conflict resolution

Training

Hands-on experience on Antibiotic analysis and manufacturing, Cipla Ltd, India

Research

  • Identification and purification of protease from the fruit extract of Coccnia indica.L., 2009-2010, Purification of plant sample using different protein purification methods including ion exchange method in HPLC for cationic or anionic proteins followed by SDS-PAGE and fibrin gel assay.
  • Purification and characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from the apple snail (Pila globosa), 2010-2012, Purification of the serine protease sample from the snail and applying it for bioactivity such as fibrinolytic activity.
  • How stress affects secondary metabolite production and the associated bacterial community of the octocoral Plexaurahomomalla, 2014-2015, Study of the environmental issues and study of the soft corals that produce bioactive metabolites.
  • Quantitative LCMS-TOF method to estimate prostaglandin levels produced by the stressed octocoral Plexaurahomomalla, 2014-2015, Stress the corals with chemical and heat stress and extract the proteins from it.
  • Identification of bacterial community associated with microbial influenced corrosion (MIC) of oilfield pipelines (Lonza) using 16S rDNA clone library, 2014-2015, Study of the bacterial diversity associated with biofilms to understand the interaction between corrosive bacteria and metal surfaces.

Presentations

  • Does stress cause microbiome and secondary metabolite changes in the soft coral Plexaura homomalla? 16S rDNA and Prostaglandin Analysis, 2015 Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Meeting, 02/01/15, http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/granada2015/viewabstract.asp?AbstractID=27240
  • Identification and purification of protease from the fruit extract of Coccnia indica.L., Research Day, SRM University, 03/01/13
  • Purification and characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from the apple snail, Research Day, SRM University, 03/01/13
  • Identification of the bacterial community associated with stressed plexaura homomalla using 16S rDNA clone library, Annual student conference for research and creative arts, University of Houston-Clearlake, 2015

Awards

  • Gold Medal, Research Day for best presentation on topic entitled “Purification and characterization of a serine protease with fibrinolytic activity from the apple snail”
  • Best Club of the Year, Innovation Cell, SRM University, 2011-2012

Certification

  • HACCP Certified Manager

Timeline

Technical Director

A&B Labs, Inc.
08.2024 - Current

Inorganic, Food and Microbiology Lab Manager

A&B Labs, Inc.
01.2022 - 08.2024

Food & Microbiology Lab Supervisor

A&B Labs, Inc.
01.2020 - 12.2021

Microbiologist

A&B Labs, Inc.
09.2017 - 12.2019

Analytical Chemist

KAP Technologies Inc.
06.2016 - 09.2017

Volunteer Research Assistant

University of Houston-Clearlake
02.2016 - 06.2016

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Molecular Biology Methods Labs & Bioinformatics

12.2014 - 12.2015

Quality control Engineer

Cipla pharmaceuticals Ltd.
01.2013 - 12.2013

Master of Science - Molecular Biotechnology

University of Houston Clear Lake

Master of Science - Information Technology Management

Campbellsville University

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

SRM University

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